Tsuyama Line

The Tsuyama Line (津山線, Tsuyama-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Okayama and Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Tsuyama Line
A KiHa 47 DMU train on a Rapid service, March 2010
Overview
Native name	津山線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR West
Locale	Okayama Prefecture
Termini	Okayama Tsuyama
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR West
Rolling stock	KiHa 40 series DMU, KiHa 120 series DMU
History
Opened	21 December 1898
Technical
Line length	58.7 km (36.5 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Commuter in some areas and rural in others
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)

Stations

All-stations "Local" (普通, futsū) and limited-stop "Rapid" (快速, kaisoku) services called Kotobuki (ことぶき) operate over the line. In the "Rapid" column in the table below, "O" indicates stations at which "Rapid" services stop.[1]

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Rapid	Connections	Location
Okayama	岡山	0.0	O	Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Akō Line (Higashi-Okayama)- Hakubi Line (Kurashiki), Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line), Kibi Line Okayama Electric Tramway Higashiyama Line, Okayama Electric Tramway Seikibashi Line	Kita-ku, Okayama	Okayama
Hōkaiin	法界院	2.3	O
Bizen-Hara	備前原	5.1
Tamagashi	玉柏	7.5
Makiyama	牧山	11.4
Nonokuchi	野々口	16.7
Kanagawa	金川	19.7	O
Takebe	建部	27.0
Fukuwatari	福渡	30.3	O
Kōme	神目	36.5			Kumenan, Kume District
Yuge	弓削	40.5	O
Tanjōji	誕生寺	43.5
Obara	小原	45.5			Misaki Kume District
Kamenokō	亀甲	49.1	O
Sarayama	佐良山	53.4			Tsuyama
Tsuyamaguchi	津山口	56.8
Tsuyama	津山	58.7	O	Kishin Line, Inbi Line

Some Rapid services also stop at Nonokuchi and Takebe stations.[1]

History

The line was opened on 21 December 1898 by the Chugoku Railway (中国鉄道).[2] It was nationalized on 1 June 1944, becoming part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) system, and from 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, it was transferred to the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[3]

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

1. JR時刻表 [JR Timetable]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. March 2014. p. 354. EAN 4910053110341.
2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 254–256. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. I. Japan: JTB. p. 96. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.